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Prince Charles in Cuba

Discussion in 'News & Current Events' started by church mouse guy, Mar 26, 2019.

  1. church mouse guy

    church mouse guy Well-Known Member
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    Looking tired and old, Prince Charles and his wife landed in communist Cuba and laid a wreath on the grave of Jose Marti, George Washington of Cuba. Then they were lined up in front of a Che Guevara mural for a commemorative photograph while the Cuban military goose-stepped around. The Royals seemed to suffer form the heat and humidity as they toured the spruced up tourist section of Havana, a small area as most of the city is in ruins since there has been little or no upkeep since 1959 when the government took over all property.

    A lot of Brits vacation in Cuba, but there have been some nasty incidents from the communists when people have become sick in Cuba or when there has been some sort of accidental property destruction. Cuba is desperate for tourism as Venezuela is no longer able to give them money and neither is Russia. Even the Cuban president Alley Oop was trotted out to meet with the Royals. I don't know if the UK will sell things on credit to the Cubans, but I know that since 1959 Cuba has never paid off any loans or sales made by credit.

    To be fair, it seems unlikely that visiting a boring, run-down island where the sewers are filled with blood on a dictatorship tourism visit is exactly a royal cup of tea but more likely some sort of high-level diplomatic attempt to get the communists to back off their blatant mistreatment of tourists.

     
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    Yes I saw that Charlie and Mrs Parker Bowles were in Cuba. Pity they won't stay there.
     
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    Were they allowed to visit the political prisoners that are rotting in Cuban jails as we speak?
     
  4. church mouse guy

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    Really, do you think that they wanted to do anything like that?
     
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    Prince Charles looked lackluster and unsmiling. It must have been very boring there as communism is so awful. Does he have rosacea as parts of his face seem very red in some of the photographs?
     
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    Royal Family Channel?! Bwahahaha. Like my Grandad said when he had to be reminded that Gram had already passed after he asked for her, ‘Well, you learn something new every day’.
     
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